Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
JetBlue yesterday followed up its recent West Coast expansion by significantly boosting its flights out of Austin, a market the carrier says has been performing very strongly. The airline revealed plans for three new routes from Austin, to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and San Francisco. An Austin-Long Beach flight was announced last week as part of the West Coast expansion (DAILY, Feb. 13). All the flights are set to begin May 1.
Hamilton Sundstrand announced Feb. 20 it has signed a spare parts purchase agreement with Evergreen Aviation Technologies. The deal means Hamilton Sundstrand will be an exclusive spare parts provider for Evergreen’s component repair shops.
Korean Air is investing EUR1 million (US$1.5 million) in a new project at the Louvre museum in Paris, and the airline intends to follow this with more cultural initiatives around the globe. Korean is co-sponsoring a new multimedia guide for the Louvre, which translates commentary into seven different languages — including Korean for the first time. The airline says this is the first step in its strategy to “create new cultural partnerships in different countries.” CEO Y. H.
